Improvement in buffet-tables



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. TUFTS, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUFFET-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,424, dated November11, 187,3; application filed August 20, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM H. TUETs, of Lynn, of the county of Essex andState of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Buffet-Table, orarticle capaple of being converted either into a table or a buifet, asoccasion may require; and I do hereby declare the same to be fullydescribed in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure l denotes a top view, Fig. 2 aside elevation, and Fig. 3 a front-end elevation of it as arranged foruse as a table. Fig. 4 is a perspective elevation, Fig. 5 a verticalsection, and Figs. 6 and 7 horizontal sections of it arranged as abuffet.

In the drawings, A denotes a board supported by a three-legged stand, B,furnished with two arms, C C', hinged to its front, and each providedwith a supporting-leg, D, the same being so that one of the arms may befolded against the stand, and the other against the first one, and eachmay be turned out into a right angle with the stand. When the arms arefolded together they take positions as shown in Fig. 7. To the frontedge of the board A there is hinged a rectangular open frame, E,provided with a central bar, a, and

two doors, F F, all arranged as shown, the doors being hinged to theframe and provided with hooks b b and staples c c, to keep them closed,as occasion may require. Besides the frame E, there is hinged to theboard A, at its rear corners and ends, two molded bars, G G, which, attheir upper ends, are hinged to a cap-board, H, also hinged to the topof the frame E. Between the boards A Hare other boards or shelves, I I,which are arranged parallel to the boards A H and pivoted to the twobars G G, and are hinged to the frame E, all being so that, when theframe E is turned down into a horizontal position and rests upon thearms C C', the several boards A H I I shall edge, as shown in Figs. 1and 2. Also, so

that, when the frame E is raised so as to stand vertically, the boards AH I I shall be in position as shown in Fig. 5, in which case the boardsA H I will serve as shelves. Furthermore, the frame E is provided withtwo other or end doors, K K, which, hinged to it, may be turned frombeing ilatwise against the doors F F, around against the ends of theshelvesI I, so as to close the side openings of the buffet, there beinga hook, r, and a staple, s, to each side door and the next adjacent barG for the purpose of connecting the two. A movable mantel or cap-shelf,M, is placed 011 bars C C', when folded, and also against the front edgeof the board A, and serves as a finish to the buffet.

I would remark that it will not be necessary to remove from the tableany of the plates or articles placed on the respective boards of itstop, as, during the act of either turning up or down the folding bufet,the shelves maintain their horizontal positions, and carry the articleswith them.

I do not claim a folding table made as represented in the United StatesPatent No. 17,677. I combine with a device analogous thereto a frame anddoors, whereby it may be converted into a close closet or buet, asexplained. Consequently,

I claim as my invention- The buffet-table, substantially as described,consisting of the stand B, the folding arms (l C', the legs D D, theboards A H I, the frame E, the bars G G, and the front and end doors Fand K K, all arranged and combined or applied together in manner and tooperate essentially as specified.

. WM. H. TUFTS.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, J. R. SNOW.

